In English translations of the Hebrew Bible, this section is usually entitled "Writings" or "Hagiographa." Besides the three poetic books and the five scrolls, the remaining books in Ketuvim are Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles. Perek Yomi Tehillim (Psalms) The word Ketuvim is the plural form of Ketav, or writing. Divided into four sections, the Ketuvim include: poetical books (Psalms, Proverbs, and Job), the Megillot, or Scrolls (Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations of Jeremiah, Ecclesiastes, and Esther), prophecy (Daniel), and history (Ezra, Nehemiah, and I and II Chronicles). The Ketuvim, or Hebrew literary books, are subdivided into three major parts: Wisdom Literature, Megillot (scrolls), and Histories (which, somewhat strangely, includes Daniel, an apocalyptic book). The three larger books—Psalms, Job, and Proverbs—have always constituted a group, with Psalms first and the other two interchanging. In the Jewish textual tradition, Chronicles is counted as one book.
Collectively, these three books are known as Sifrei Emet (Biblical Hebrew: סִפְרֵי אֶמֶת sip̄rēi ʾemeṯ "documents of truth" - an acronym of the titles of the three books in Hebrew, איוב, משלי, תהלים yields אמ״ת Emet, which is also the Hebrew for "truth"). Their narratives all openly describ… In Masoretic manuscripts (and some printed editions), Psalms, Proverbs and Job are presented in a special two-column form emphasizing the parallel stichs in the verses, which are a function of their poetry. Although there is no formal grouping for these books in the Jewish tradition, they nevertheless share a number of distinguishing characteristics: 1. Besides the three poetic books and the five scrolls, the remaining books in Ketuvim are Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles. Thus, there is a total of eleven books in the section called Ketuvim (see the enumeration in the list of books below). Ezra and Nehemiah are also counted together as a single book called "Ezra." The order of the five Megillot, or Scrolls (Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther), has shown the greatest variations. Ketuvim, "writings") is the third and final section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), after Torah and Nevi'im. Although there is no formal grouping for these books in the Jewish tradition, they nevertheless share a number of distinguishing characteristics: The Talmudic tradition ascribes late authorship to all of them. Ketuvim, (Hebrew), English Writings, Greek Hagiographa, the third division of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament.